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Java Forum / GUI / August 2006eclipse gui designing.
Do any of you all use Eclipse to build your GUIs? And if so what tools do you use? I ask because I have not found any suitable plugins really that grab me to download and spend time learning it. The only really good gui designer I have found is the official GUI designer that comes bundled with NetBeans! ------ I know there is a GUI designer for eclipse but it is for the eclipse SWT library. I am building guis for a customer that *cant* download extra libraries. So my point is that it has to be a swing designer. (please no swt vs swing debate *rolls eyes* =). thx.) TrevorBoydSm...@gmail.com wrote: > Do any of you all use Eclipse ... Sure. >..to build your GUIs? Nope. Just to code Java. >.. And if so what tools do you use? Java - Swing mostly, but occasionally AWT. > I ask because I have not found any suitable plugins really that grab me > to download and spend time learning it. The only really good gui > designer I have found is the official GUI designer that comes bundled > with NetBeans! You have an odd definition of 'good'. Andrew T. > Do any of you all use Eclipse to build your GUIs? And if so what tools > do you use? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > extra libraries. So my point is that it has to be a swing designer. > (please no swt vs swing debate *rolls eyes* =). thx.) I use Eclipse\Netbeans but I build my GUI's by hand using JGoodies Layout manager and LAF No, the Eclipse Visual Editor (VE plugin) can be used for SWT and SWING. http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php -- Thanks in Advance... IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us 'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"' -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-) >> Do any of you all use Eclipse to build your GUIs? And if so what tools >> do you use? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php Forgot to mention another GUI builder plugin for Eclipse. It is called Jigloo: http://www.cloudgarden.com/jigloo If you want to find a plugin for Eclipse you can look at these two Links: http://eclipse-plugins.info/eclipse http://www.eclipseplugincentral.com -- Thanks in Advance... IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us 'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"' -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-) Yes I know about the eclipse plugin site. I have searched it quite extensively. (I have seen Jgoodies and Jigloo on the plugin directory site but when I saw them originally --> I stated in the original post above --> "I ask because I have not found any suitable plugins really that grab me to download and spend time learning it.") --------- I believe developers on this usenet are very good at what they do and so I wanted to get a personal opinion from somebody who knows what he is talking about. I have not been successful in finding good reviews of any of the eclipse GUI design plugins. This is why I ask the people on this usenet. ***(once again I would like to get opinions from people who have actually used the plugins they suggest)*** Thanks for the contributions, Trevor > Yes I know about the eclipse plugin site. I have searched it quite > extensively. (I have seen Jgoodies and Jigloo on the plugin directory [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks for the contributions, > Trevor I have used Netbeans Matisse, Eclipse VEP, Jigloo, Forms Layout Manager and Instantiations WindowBuilder. They are not hard to learn. They ARE Drag and Drop GUI builders. Sorry for not getting into details. I have played with the fore mentioned GUI builders. Again, I personally do not use a GUI builder for my programs. I prefer to build my own, by-hand, using JGoodies Forms API's. I like to know how to code front-ends and by-hand will allow me to build complicated GUI's. If you have to use a GUI builder then Netbeans seems to be the nicest free GUI builder. Their is a requirement to add a second jar file to support your GUI executable. The code that it embedded in the code is intense. The nicest commercial one is Instantiations WindowBuilder but you have to put out some cash. I played with it before it became commercial. They may have a trial period. Eclipses VE originally had problems but I think they have worked them out. I think the last time I tested it you could incorporate JGoodies forms into the plugin. Think Netbeans also has this option. You will have to look and see. Forms Layout Manager is free and is for building JGoodies Layout format. I tried it but put it down because I wanted to understand the JGoodies Forms. The GUI was not letting me to do this. It would be like having a Drag and Drop GUI for the GridBag layout. You know how complicated the Gridbag can be. Bottom line is their are not the many out there and be best to sit down and look at them and figure out which one meets your needs. Review of http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/22186/0 -- Thanks in Advance... IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us 'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"' -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-) > Yes I know about the eclipse plugin site. I have searched it quite > extensively. (I have seen Jgoodies and Jigloo on the plugin directory [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > Thanks for the contributions, > Trevor I have used Netbeans Matisse, Eclipse VEP, Jigloo, Forms Layout Manager and Instantiations WindowBuilder. They are not hard to learn. They ARE Drag and Drop GUI builders. Sorry for not getting into details. I have played with the fore mentioned GUI builders. Again, I personally do not use a GUI builder for my programs. I prefer to build my own, by-hand, using JGoodies Forms API's. I like to know how to code front-ends and by-hand will allow me to build complicated GUI's. If you have to use a GUI builder then Netbeans seems to be the nicest free GUI builder. Their is a requirement to add a second jar file to support your GUI executable. The code that it embedded in the code is intense. The nicest commercial one is Instantiations WindowBuilder but you have to put out some cash. I played with it before it became commercial. They may have a trial period. Eclipses VE originally had problems but I think they have worked them out. I think the last time I tested it you could incorporate JGoodies forms into the plugin. Think Netbeans also has this option. You will have to look and see. Forms Layout Manager is free and is for building JGoodies Layout format. I tried it but put it down because I wanted to understand the JGoodies Forms. The GUI was not letting me to do this. It would be like having a Drag and Drop GUI for the GridBag layout. You know how complicated the Gridbag can be. Bottom line is their are not the many out there and be best to sit down and look at them and figure out which one meets your needs. Review of http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/22186/0 -- Thanks in Advance... IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.phpnet.us 'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"' -William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-) >Do any of you all use Eclipse to build your GUIs? And if so what tools >do you use? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >designer I have found is the official GUI designer that comes bundled >with NetBeans! MyEclipse <http://www.myeclipseide.com/> have ported the open source NetBeans Matisse GUI Builder to Eclipse but they charge for it. If you must use Eclipse you may decide that $50.00 pa is worth it. >------ > >I know there is a GUI designer for eclipse but it is for the eclipse >SWT library. I am building guis for a customer that *cant* download >extra libraries. So my point is that it has to be a swing designer. >(please no swt vs swing debate *rolls eyes* =). thx.) Eclipse has *BY DEFAULT* visual editor! Do not download just Eclipse, from Eclipse site download also VE (http://www.eclipse.org/vep/WebContent/main.php) and needed plugins. Copy-Paste plugins into eclipse and that's it. Easy as 1-2-3. Eclipse VE is one of the best GUI builders I know. And generated code is also quite nice. It alows you to develop AWT, Swing and SWT visual classes. So... Browse around eclipse site, if you have no time, calisto can help you. (http://www.eclipse.org/callisto/) Bye, Luka. > Do any of you all use Eclipse to build your GUIs? And if so what tools > do you use? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > extra libraries. So my point is that it has to be a swing designer. > (please no swt vs swing debate *rolls eyes* =). thx.) Free MagazinesGet these publications absolutely FREE for up to 12 months. There are no hidden fees and no obligation. Simply choose a title, complete the application form and submit it. Read more ...
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